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Honda to add Google Earth to cars

April 5, 2006 by in Cool,Tech with 4 Comments

Sorry kids, Japan first!

Honda will soon add Google Earth to its ‘internavi Premium Club’ navigation service in Japan. The advanced navigation system was first launched in 2003, offering a wireless connection to the internet to download the latest traffic information to the built-in computer.

Now, I haven’t had much luck with Google Earth with directions, but I know people who are LUSTING after a product like this. Thanks for the tip Jim!

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  • Ian

    Cool beans, but honestly, shouldn’t it be google maps, since earth uses images produced sometimes 10 years ago?

    But I digress… I’ve been using the CHP website for months planning my routes. Nothing like knowing where the accidents are to shorten my trips.

  • http://www.tomshakely.com Tom Shakely

    That’s totally awesome; I’m glad that this kind of stuff should be standard in the US by the time I’m middle aged.

  • http://ikonq.com ikonQ

    Better than MSN Maps, I mean…

    What if we actually wanted to go to 1, Infinite Loop, Cupertino? :P

  • OldNews

    Volkswagen announced Google Earth integration in February, and demonstrated it in March (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/03/google_earth_fo_3.html). Germany, not Japan, first.

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